On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 03:36:02PM -0700, der.hans wrote: :Look at the setup I used to use: : :http://home.pages.de/~lufthans/unix/ : :See the link about "security, testing and unstable updater for debian". :They're just calling apt-get with options and alternative dirs in /var. Mmmm, that hits the spot, I was using too few ":" and too many \" Thanks, -Jon